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hello Mr Tom, i was wondering about the way Marvel deals with the "genie out of the bottle effect" you mentioned earlier; when a drammatic "undoable thing" (like someone else lifting Mjolnir, Black Bolt actually screaming, stopping the juggernaut) happens, and starts happening with regularity, is there a way to put the genie Back in the bottle? or is the character diminished forever by it?
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Depends on the genie, and just how important getting it back into the bottle might be seen as. In most cases, there isn’t a really good way, and even in those cases where it might be considered necessary, the journey of getting there is going to be difficult. Making Spider-Man single again is the best example of the latter.
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carlosjdrew liked this leviathan0999 said: I’ll point out that making Peter Parker single again in the way it was done has had a cost of alienating a significant portion of the readership. I can’t believe it offered any similar gains.
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